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Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
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SN2 2EH
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Businesses (31)
- Alfred Newton & Sons, photographers Leicester, Leicestershire
- Banister Walton & Co Ltd, steel frame manufacturers, London and Trafford Park, Manchester London;Manchester, Lancashire
- Beard & Co, photographers Twyford, Berkshire
- Bedford Lemere & Co, photographers London
- Brims & Co Ltd, public works contractors Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
- Caroe & Martin, architects London
- Central Electricity Generating Board London;East Horsley, Surrey
- Chorley and Handford Ltd, photographers
- Christopher Dalton, photographer
- CJ Wills & Sons, building contractors London
- Downland Partnership Ltd, land surveyors Devizes, Wiltshire
- Easton, Anderson & Goolden Ltd, mechanical engineers, millwrights and boilermakers Erith, Kent
- FW Woolworth & Co Ltd, department store London
- Gilmore Hankey Kirke, architects London;Plymouth, Devon
- Gordon Frank Allen & Leonard Gordon Allen, architects London
- Healey and Baker, commercial estate agents, London London
- Hughes & Stirling, contractors and refuse destructor engineers Bootle, Lancashire;Preston, Lancashire
- J W Evans, silversmiths, Birmingham Birmingham, Warwickshire;Hockley, Warwickshire
- Jackson-Stops & Staff, estate agents London
- John Laing plc, building and civil engineers London
- John Musgrave & Sons Ltd, mechanical engineers Bolton, Lancashire
- Liverpool Electric Cable Co Ltd Liverpool, Lancashire
- Matthew T Shaw & Co Ltd, engineers and ironfounders London
- Millar and Harris, photographers
- Paul Calvocoressi, historic buildings advisor
- Purcell Miller & Tritton, architects and historic buildings consultants Norwich, Norfolk
- Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM), architects London;Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Scott & Hodgson, mechanical engineers
- Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, consulting engineers London
- Sir John Burnet, Tait & Partners, architects London
- Tate & Lyle Ltd, sugar refiners London;Liverpool, Lancashire;Greenock, Renfrewshire
Organisations (13)
- Brewery History Society Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Castle Acre Priory Castle Acre, Norfolk
- Chrysalis Arts Development Ltd, arts agency, Gargrave
- English Heritage: National Monuments Record Swindon, Wiltshire
- Greater London Council (including London Residuary Body) Greater London
- Historic Buildings Council for England
- Joint Aerial Reconnaissance and Interpretation Centre
- London County Council London
- Metropolitan Board of Works London
- National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
- St Andrews University, Archaeological Diving Unit St Andrews, Fife
- Wellington Memorial Committee
Persons (69)
- Andrew, Charles Kenneth Croft, (1899-1981), archaeologist and archivist
- Barnes, Gordon Lansdown, (1915-1985), historian of ecclesiastical architecture
- Bedford, Francis, (1816-1894), photographer
- Black, David Wilson, (1933-1991), architectural historian
- Bloe, John William, (1872-1965), architect and architectural historian
- Brewster, Norman, (1939-2022), insurance professional and archaeologist
- Brown, Basil, (1888-1977), archaeologist
- Bulleid, Arthur, (1862-1951), archaeologist and antiquary
- Bushe-Fox, Joscelyn Plunket, (1880-1954), archaeologist
- Carter, Edward Julian, (1902-1982), Architect and Librarian
- Casement, Jack, (1880-1944), Captain RN
- Charlesworth, Dorothy, (1927-1981), archaeologist
- Chitty, Lily Frances, (1893-1979), Shropshire archaeologist
- Cobb, Gerald, (1899-1986), heraldic painter and antiquary
- Cooper, Graham, (fl 1960-2014), artist
- Course, Edwin Alfred, (b 1922), university lecturer and industrial archaeologist
- Croad, Stephen, (1946-2017), architectural historian
- Cunliffe, Barrington Windsor, (b1939), archaeologist
- Curl, James Stevens, (b 1937), Professor of Architectural History
- Delamotte, Philip Henry, (1821-1889), photographer and artist Crystal Palace, Kent
- Dlugiewicz, Peter, (fl1990-2010), architect
- Downman, Edward Andrews, (d 1931), Anglican clergyman and antiquary
- Eccleston, Barrie, (1929-2016), industrial designer and lecturer
- Fox, Sir Cyril Frederick, (1882-1967), Knight, archaeologist
- Gilyard-Beer, Roy , (d1984), archaeologist and Inspector of Ancient Monuments
- Gomme, Andor, (1930-2008), architectural historian
- Goodhart-Rendel, Harry Stuart, (1887-1959), architect Hatchlands, Surrey
- Green, George Charles, (1915-2006), photographer
- Griffiths, Phillip, (b 1926), local government officer
- Harden, Donald Benjamin, (1901-1994), Archaeologist and Museum Director
- Harrison, Michael, (b 1939), doctor, expert on industrial archaeology
- Harrison, Norman Kingsley, (1891-1971), photographer
- Hawkes, Charles Francis Christopher, (1905-1992), archaeologist
- Hobart, Arthur William, (1882-1940), commercial aerial photographer Lambeth, Surrey
- Jekyll, Gertrude, (1843-1932), garden designer
- Jones, Stanley, (1927-2017), art teacher and architectural historian
- Keiller, Alexander, (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist
- Knoop, Carl Julius Gerhard von, (1822-1893), industrialist Manchester, Lancashire
- Lawson, Philip Hugh, (d 1966), Architect Antiquary
- Legg, Thomas Ellis, (1888-1974), architect
- Lewis, Philippa, (fl 1976-2015), writer, photographer, picture editor and researcher
- Linsley, Stafford, (fl1968-2017), industrial archaeologist and architectural historian
- Livock, GE, (1897-1989), aerial surveyor and archaeologist
- Lloyd, David, (1925-2018), architectural historian
- Lyte, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell, (1848-1940), Knight Historian and Archivist
- Mare, Eric de, (1910-2002), writer and photographer
- McCann, John, (fl 1928-2018), architectural historian
- Meeson, Bob, (1943-2022), architectural historian
- Morris, Clifford, (b1943), photographer
- Morton, Arthur E, (fl 1906-1920), photographer
- Moss, Fletcher, (1843-1919), Author and Antiquary
- Norman, Philip, (1842-1931), Artist and Antiquary
- Philpot , Nicholas, (b1944), judge
- Pickford, Christopher John, (fl 1988-2009), archivist
- Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox, (1827-1900), Lieutenant General, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Prest, John Michael, (1929-2018), historian
- Radford, Courtenay Arthur Ralegh, (1900-1998), Archaeologist
- Rahtz, Philip Arthur, (1921-2011), archaeologist
- Rosing, Janette, (1942-2021), antiquarian
- Scott, Frederick Stanley, (1901-1977), amateur photographer
- Shadbolt, Cecil Victor, (1859-1892), photographer
- Sims, Ronald, (1926-2007), architect
- Stamp, Gavin Mark, (1948-2017), architectural historian
- Stell, Christopher, (1929-2014), architectural historian
- Strubbe, John Alexander, (d2019), architect
- Tate, Thomas, (1807-1888), mathematician and chemist
- Taylor, Harold Mccarter, (1907-1995), Mathematician Archaeologist Architectural Historian
- Walley, Norman, (b1931), mechanical engineer
- Webster, Greaham, (1913-2001), archaeologist
Diaries (8)
- Cooper, Graham, (fl 1960-2014), founder of Art and Architecture
- Follett, Sydney, (fl 1903-1910), Artist
- Hickmott, Mary, (fl 1986-2007)
- Marcon, Alice, (fl 1890-1900) Northamptonshire;Warwickshire;Warwickshire;Northamptonshire
- Rawlings, Stanley W, (fl1945-1965), Port of London Authority official and photographer London
- Tasker, E G, (fl 1950-1990), Local Historian And Photographer Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Wigglesworth, Robert, (fl 1924-1925), photographer
- Woledge, Frederick William, (fl 1840-1895), landscape painter
Families (3)
- Goff family of Hale Park, Hants County Dublin;Hale, Hampshire
- Lindsay family, Earls of Crawford and Balcarres Dunecht, Aberdeenshire;Edzell, Angus;Finhaven, Angus;Glenesk, Angus;Glengarnock, Ayrshire;Kilbirnie, Ayrshire;Auchtermonzie, Fife;Balcarres, Fife;Crawford Priory, Fife;Leuchars, Fife;Struthers, Fife;Crawford, Lanarkshire;Florence, Italy;Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pinkie, Midlothian;Stirling, Stirlingshire;Warboys, Huntingdonshire;Aspull, Lancashire;Blackrod, Lancashire;Haigh, Lancashire;Wigan, Lancashire;London;Warter, Yorkshire;Aberlash, Carmarthenshire;Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire;Llanon, Carmarthenshire
- Walrond family, Barons Waleran Bradfield, Devon;Cullompton, Devon;Dunchideock, Devon;Ipplepen, Devon;Kentisbeare, Devon;Uffculme, Devon
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)
- NRA 43101 Sir John Burnet, Tait & Partners, architects, London
- NRA 44738 Philip Henry Delamotte, photographer link to online catalogue
- NRA 44351 LCC/GLC Historic Buidings Survey Notes
- NRA 44350 London County Council/Greater London Council historic buildings survey drawings
- NRA 43282 National Monuments Record Centre: misc accessions
- NRA 44362 National Monuments Record: Measured Drawings
- NRA 44806 FW Woolworth & Co Ltd, department store, London
Accessions
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